Skydeck is now Mr. Number
Skydeck is changing its name.
In October last year, we introduced what we thought would be a small new feature – mobile caller ID. It’s turned out to be the most popular thing we’ve ever done – yesterday the service crossed 250,000 registered users – and it’s become the focus of the whole company. We’ve decided to rename the company to make it clearer what we do: Mr. Number.
We’re also announcing today that our progress in caller ID has allowed us to develop a whole new approach to detecting telemarketers and other problem callers automatically. Every time one of our users gets a call or text from someone who is not in her address book, Mr. Number knows about it. Over the last six months we’ve discovered that telemarketers, debt collectors, and other nuisances have very distinctive calling patterns. Based on this research, we can now identify phone spam based on calls to just a handful of users. Instead of a name, our caller ID app displays “Suspicious number”.
Please join us at http://mrnumber.com, subscribe to http://mrnumber.com/blog, and comment over there. (This will be the last post at skydeck.com.) You can continue using the Skydeck app on your phone, but if you want new features going forward you need to download Mr. Number – available today at BlackBerry Appworld, iTunes, and the Android Market. Thanks for all your support!